Cross country ski-ing

[nikalas]

Plenty of snow on Bleaklow Nik. I might be going up with my touring skiis on Sat

Could be tempted.... would be amusing as I haven't skied for almost two years and that was track cross country! Forecast is saying we might get some on Saturday. Do you bother with skins?

[IanDarkpeak]

Could be tempted.... would be amusing as I haven't skied for almost two years and that was track cross country! Forecast is saying we might get some on Saturday. Do you bother with skins?

I will for this bescause I'm thibking of skiing the cloughs that come off White stone. they were hard pack with 2 inches of fresh snow. but steep enough to get some good turns in.

[nikalas]

I will for this bescause I'm thibking of skiing the cloughs that come off White stone. they were hard pack with 2 inches of fresh snow. but steep enough to get some good turns in.

when and where would I need to meet you?

[IanDarkpeak]

when and where would I need to meet you?

just sent you a PM

[Marvin]

Well?????????????????????

[IanDarkpeak]

Well?????????????????????

no where near as much snow as mid week Andy but yes me and Nik met up and went up near Black clough over Bleaklow meadows ( where we were looking on Tuesday) and up to the wreck. Snow had the consistency of slippy granite and having touring skis I could skin up . Nik tried in Fishscales (skis not tights) and struggled with grip. very cold on top. A bit of fresh snow and it will be great up there. paths were very icy

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Conditions for a HPM recce are superb with all the groughs filled with diamond hard snow you can run any where with out fear of the bog monster

[Marvin]

no where near as much snow as mid week Andy but yes me and Nik met up and went up near Black clough over Bleaklow meadows ( where we were looking on Tuesday) and up to the wreck. Snow had the consistency of slippy granite and having touring skis I could skin up . Nik tried in Fishscales (skis not tights) and struggled with grip. very cold on top. A bit of fresh snow and it will be great up there. paths were very icy

I'm not surprised. I think the rain we had midweek must have washed quite a bit of snow away. The ground remained frozen all day here so I guessed it must have been pretty hard up there.

Conditions for a HPM recce are superb with all the groughs filled with diamond hard snow you can run any where with out fear of the bog monster

Completely unrepresentative of real HPM conditions then!

[nikalas]

Was a lot of fun although I've lost quite a bit of skin off my left hip and buttock. Just about managed to maintain forward momentum going up but just couldn't hold an edge with nordic skis (and extremely rusty technique) coming down. Hoping we get another dump this year to give it another go.

Cheers for the expert guiding Ian, keen for a tour of Bleaklow run at some stage.